Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

Quote by Anais Nin

Topics: Failure Quotes, Life Quotes

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Jazz is the music of the body

Jazz is the music of the body

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by...

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to...

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from...

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from...

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that...

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that...

I'm tired of all this isolation. I'm tired of this triviality of life. I want...

I'm tired of all this isolation. I'm tired of this triviality of life. I want...